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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> While it may take some legwork and diligence to find the best gaming phones on the market, mobile gamers have access to a wide array of specialist phones to consider, including the Asus ROG, Nubia Red Magic Mars, Razer Phone 2, Redmi Note 7 Pro and Xiaomi's Black Shark. The best gaming phones are designed specially for  mobile apps playing games, with features like a sharp super AMOLED screen, large screen size, advanced cooling systems, super-fast processor speeds, gaming-specific controls and displays with a high refresh rate. The specs on these mobile phone options match higher-priced flagships like the Pixel 3, Galaxy S10 and OnePlus 6T, just not the price. And,  ios ([http://www.funkyfreeads.com/user/profile/52237 Click On this website]) interestingly enough, all of these phones run on Android.<br><br>The iPhone XS and XR gaming phones have a more powerful processor and access to newer and exclusive game titles. But Apple's smartphones lack gaming features to make the mobile phones more compelling to play on. And like the flagship Android phone, iPhones are expensive -- a baseline iPhone XS starts out at $999. <br><br>Fortunately for consumers, the four phones for mobile gaming reviewed here have prices ranging from $340 to $700: the Razer Phone 2,  [http://www.funkyfreeads.com/user/profile/52237 Mobile Games] Asus ROG, Xiaomi Black Shark and Nubia Red Magic Mars. <br><br>Best gaming phones<br><br><br>Best overall gaming phone Best gaming phone for the everyday Best value gaming phone Best gaming phone & accessory combo <br><br><br>Asus ROG Razer Phone 2 Nubia Red Magic Mars Xiaomi Black Shark<br><br><br>See at Amazon See at Amazon See at Nubia See at Amazon<br><br>Price $639 $400 $509 $339<br><br>Storage 128GB 64GB 128GB 64GB<br><br>RAM 8GB 8GB 8GB 6GB<br>I evaluated each gaming smartphone in terms of design, specs, performance and, most importantly, mobile gameplay. (P.S.: All of them have the Snapdragon 845 chipset that's found in the Galaxy Note 9, OnePlus 6T and Pixel 3.) Additionally, I mentioned camera capabilities where necessary, as a good camera can be very important. Below are my recommendations and an in-depth breakdown of gameplay, design, battery life and cooling systems on each smartphone. All had a large screen size. Read on to see which of these gaming phones is the best buy. <br><br>Now playing: Watch this: Asus ROG Phone is the best phone for playing PUBG 2:56 But first, some notes on price <br>At this time, two of the phones cost under $500. The Razer Phone 2 is a steal right now, especially since it originally retailed for $800. Compared with the other phones, ROG is the most expensive. For the price of one ROG, you could practically buy both the Red Magic Mars and Black Shark. <br><br>Even if you got an upgraded Black Shark gaming phone with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, it is still less than $400.  <br><br>I'm not saying don't buy the ROG at all (as you will read soon, I highly recommend it). But the phone you'll buy will most likely depend on your budget. <br><br>Best overall gaming phone: Asus ROG<br>The Asus ROG sporting its detachable fan on the back.<br><br>Josh Miller/CNET The Asus ROG phone (which stands for Republic of Gamers) offers the most power, the best ergonomics and the most thoughtful design. Its 6-inch AMOLED display refreshes 90 times a second -- a first for any OLED phone with an AMOLED screen. The higher refresh rate means less motion blur and faster response times. It's not as high a rate as the Razer Phone 2's 120Hz LCD display has, but I still saw a noticeable improvement over other phones when playing games. <br><br>The phone's innovative AirTriggers which are pressure-sensitive corners that double as bumper buttons for games, expanding game control beyond the screen. Its dedicated X mode gives you an optimized gaming experience that can be made even more comfortable when using the phone's detachable fan accessory, which is included in the box. The ROG also has the longest battery life (more battery means more playing!) in the group and has the most gaming accessories that you can buy -- though the detachable fan comes included with the phone. Image quality from the rear camera is good. <br><br>The downside is that, at $640 and up, you're going to pay a lot for these refinements and innovations. <br><br>Read: CNET's Asus ROG phone review<br><br>3DMark Slingshot Unlimited<br>Black Shark 61,252 Razer Phone 2 63,253 Red Magic Mars 61,010 Asus ROG 62,751 Note:<br>Longer bars indicate better performance Best gaming phone for everyday use: Razer Phone 2<br><br>The Razer Phone 2 sports a display with a 120Hz refresh rate.<br><br>Josh Miller/CNET If you're looking for a gaming phone that can double as a daily driver, I recommend the Razer Phone 2. It looks the part of a gaming phone, but doubles as a terrific Android phone to use every day when you're not gaming. The Razer Phone 2 is the only phone in the group with IP67 water resistance and wireless charging. <br><br>Out of the four, I like the Razer Phone 2's design the most. There are many people who will be turned off by the "monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey" looks. But the marquee feature on the Razer Phone 2 is its bright 120 Hz refresh rate and display. Whether you're gaming or  [http://www.aj-utsunomiya.org/hp/userinfo.php?uid=983482 mobile apps] not, animations like scrolling pages look super smooth and graphics are crisp. The device has amazingly loud built-in speakers and seems as designed for mobile gamers as it is for anyone who lives on a diet of movies and music. Its rear camera has improved hardware, but image quality on the rear camera is just OK (it's no selfie camera). <br><br>In my initial Razer phone review, the battery wasn't great, but with the update to Android 9 Pie, the battery life has improved quite a bit. Best of all, this phone is only $400 right now. <br><br>Read: CNET Razer Phone 2 review<br><br>See at Amazon Best value gaming phone: Nubia Red Magic Mars<br><br>The back of the Nubia Red Magic Mars phone.<br><br>Angela Lang/CNET The Nubia Red Magic Mars is the follow-up to 2018's Red Magic phone. A Red Magic Mars with 64GB of internal storage and 6GB of RAM originally cost $399. Now that gets you a model with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM. <br><br>The Red Magic Mars crams in a lot of features like capacitive shoulder buttons, an innovative cooling system and a terrific game mode at a wallet-friendly price. Aside from its custom gaming mode, the phone runs stock Android 9 Pie. Its biggest downside is the screen: It's just OK, and in that area, the Red Magic Mars can't compete with the Razer and ROG phones. <br><br>Other than that, the phone is solid. But if you're interested in grabbing a Red Magic Mars,  XAPK I'd wait, or at least shop around. First, the Black Shark is often discounted and recently its price has been hovering between $330 and $400. <br><br>Second, Nubia's Red Magic Mars 3 launched in China and is expected to hit the US at the end of May. The device packs an upgraded Snapdragon 855 processor, a 90Hz OLED display and an internal fan. These are enormous upgrades. Best of all is the price; a model with 64GB storage and 6GB of RAM will be 2,899 yuan or roughly $430. <br><br>Read: CNET en Español Nubia Red Magic Mars phone review<br><br>See at Nubia Best gaming phone with the best accessory: Xiaomi Black Shark<br><br>The Black Shark with the Gamepad on the left and the Gamepad 2.0 on the right.<br><br>James Martin/CNET Xiaomi's Black Shark comes with a Gamepad that slides onto the end of the phone. Having a physical joystick made a huge difference in gaming for me. Unfortunately, it felt lopsided when I used it, so there is a Gamepad 2.0 for $89 that has a more symmetrical design. Similar to the Nintendo Switch, the device has a left and right controller that slide and lock onto either end of the phone. <br><br>Like the Red Magic Mars, the Shark runs close to a stock version of Android. It's Android 8.1 Oreo and not Android 9 Pie, but using the phone's UI for [https://www.apple.com/ios/app-store/ nongaming] stuff felt like using a Pixel 3 when it first came out. <br><br>There are some downsides to Shark gaming, though, like the lack of a headphone jack and the very "cheap" plastic feel to the gamepad accessory. <br><br>At launch, the Shark cost $499 but you can find it for around $340 these days. In March, Xiaomi announced the Black Shark 2. It includes an updated Snapdragon 855 processor, a touch-sensitive screen similar to Apple's 3D Touch, an in-display fingerprint reader and mappable onscreen left and right controls. Currently, it's on sale in China for  [http://www.aj-utsunomiya.org/hp/userinfo.php?uid=983482 game cheats] 3,200 yuan, which converts roughly to $475. No word yet on US availability. <br><br>Read: CNET en Español review of Black Shark phone<br><br>See at Amazon Shall we play a game?<br>I played a variety of mobile games on all of these phones from RPGs and side scrollers to puzzles. Below are five games I played on each phone and my notes on the experience. <br><br>Alto's Odyssey<br>Black Shark: After 7 minutes, the Shark got warm. The physical buttons on the Gamepad were nice, but I didn't find much of an advantage over screen taps. <br><br>Razer: After 8 minutes, the phone warmed up on the sides and corners. The display made the constantly shifting graphics look amazing. <br><br>Red Magic Mars: In darker scenes,  ios it was difficult to see details on the display. Like the ROG, the touch shoulder buttons were OK, but I preferred the onscreen controls for this game. <br><br>ROG: After 4 minutes the fan accessory kicked in. The phone remained lukewarm throughout gameplay though. The main game controls are tapping and tapping-and-holding on the screen. I tried using the pressure-sensitive AirTriggers instead, but for fast jumps and holding flips, I found more nuance from the onscreen controls. <br><br>PUBG <br>Black Shark: Having the joystick on the Gamepad accessory and actual buttons changed PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds for me. It was so easy to run and move. With my fingers off the screen, I could see the game better, too. Note that the Gamepad kind of bends and feels like it's a sneeze away from breaking. It makes the Nintendo Switch feel like a robust piece of German engineering. <br><br>Razer: After 12 minutes the phone was very warm. Game control was OK, but when I played with the optional $150 Razer Raiju Mobile game controller it was a far more enjoyable experience -- especially since I didn't have to hold onto a warm phone with my bare hands. <br><br>Red Magic Mars: The phone got warm after 20 minutes. The capacitive shoulder buttons are great to have, especially for gunfire and kneeling. <br><br>ROG: The fan popped on right away at a low speed, but the phone never got hot. Mapping onscreen controls to the pressure-sensitive shoulder buttons (AirTriggers) was easy and made playing PUBG much easier. <br><br>Sdorica Sunset<br>Black Shark: Within minutes the phone got really hot. <br><br>Razer: The music and effects sounded full over the built-in speakers. But man oh man did the phone get hot. <br><br>Red Magic Mars: The audio was thin and when the volume grew louder it also sounded muddy. Without a case, this is my favorite phone to hold for playing Sdorica. <br><br>ROG: The phone remained warm but never got hot.<br><br>Shadowgun Legends<br>Black Shark: Sometimes the joystick on the Gamepad 2.0 accessory would send me in the wrong direction. Recalibrating didn't help. <br><br>Razer: The phone was warm bordering on hot. I used the included USC-B DAC headphone dongle and a pair of Sennheiser over-the-ear headphones and was amazed by the quality of the sound. <br><br>Red Magic Mars: It was surprisingly comfortable to hold without getting hot. I didn't feel any real advantage using the capacitive shoulder buttons over onscreen controls. <br><br>ROG: Shadow Legends got the ROG cooking pretty hot and the fan turned on high immediately. Shoulder buttons weren't needed for this game. <br><br>Nimian Legends BrightRidge<br>Black Shark: This was another game where the joystick accessory hugely improved gameplay. <br><br>Razer: I topped out the quality of the graphics, effects and frame rates with this game. The Razer got hot instantly. At least the game looked gorgeous on the display. <br><br>Red Magic Mars: The capacitive shoulder buttons helped in certain aspects of the game.<br><br>ROG: The AirTriggers were nice for gameplay.<br><br>That 'gamer look'<br>If you want a gaming phone, it needs to look the part. Angular lines, exposed copper heat sinks, a touch of neon or bright colors are all hallmarks of a gaming phone. The metallic red color of the Red Magic Mars screams for you to pick it up and play.   <br><br>The ROG phone looks like something Frank Gehry would have designed if he were a gamer. Somewhere underneath all the exposed copper heat sinks, carbon fiber and angular cutouts lies a smartphone. Its different textures and asymmetrical grooves don't feel like any phone I've ever used. An informal poll of friends and coworkers found that people were divided on the look: Half loved it, but half hated it. <br><br>The Black Shark looks the most like a normal phone. The smooth angled back on the Shark has a raised area like contour lines on a topographic map -- that's where its lights are hidden. <br><br>Out of the four, the Razer Phone 2 has the most minimalist design. It has a rectangular shape with right-angled corners and edges. I realize this approach isn't for everyone, but out of the bunch, I find it the most appealing. <br><br>The optional Razer Phone 2 wireless charging dock lights up as you charge.<br><br>Patrick Holland/CNET Does the phone unnecessarily light up?<br><br>Black Shark: Yes, the logo and four bowtie-looking corners on the back.<br><br>Razer: Yep, the back Razer logo glows the color of your choosing.<br><br>Red Magic Mars: Yes, there is a long LED strip on the back.<br><br>ROG: Yes, the Asus logo on the phone and the detachable fan light up any color you choose.<br>Built-in physical game controls <br>Three of the phones use buttons and/or capacitive or pressure-sensitive touch to help improve gameplay. The Red Magic Mars and Black Shark phones each have a physical switch that triggers a game mode to organize your mobile games, optimize settings and protect your mobile gaming sessions from interruptions. The Black Shark calls its gaming mode "Shark Space." Every time I played on the Shark I felt inclined to whisper to myself, "Going into Shark Space." <br><br>The ROG and Red Magic Mars have faux shoulder buttons that can be mapped to different actions for mobile games like triggering a gun. The ROG also has a second USB-C port on the side, so you keep the phone plugged in while playing it in landscape, though the cable does fall between your hands. The other three phones only charge at the bottom, which made them awkward to hold while gaming and charging at the same time. <br><br>The Razer Phone 2 is the only phone of the group that doesn't have a physical feature to improve game controls or ergonomics. <br><br>After playing games for hours on each phone most of these additions were nice but didn't yield enormous improvement when it came to controls. I found that good mobile games should be played with onscreen controls. However, having capacitive touch buttons for playing mobile games originally designed for a console was useful. <br><br>There is one feature I'd add if I were to design a gaming phone: a joystick. I'd want a thumbstick that could lie flat when not in use and telescope up for gameplay. Imagine something like an iPhone 8,  ios where the home button popped up to be used as a mini joystick. <br><br>As phones move away from having bezels, foreheads and chins around the scrdisplay een, my joystick dream doesn't seem like it could become a reality. But since gaming phones tend to eschew mainstream trends, perhaps it could happen one day. <br><br>Now playing: Watch this: Razer Phone 2 gets unboxed 4:12 Same processor but one is faster<br>All of these phones use a Snapdragon 845 processor, which is pushed beyond normal speeds for gameplay. For example, the ROG can get a sustained 2.96GHz out of the processor while all the other phones max out at 2.8GHz. For perspective, the Google Pixel 3 tops out at 2.5GHz. <br><br>Cooling systems are key to a gaming phone<br>All of these phones have an internal cooling system to keep things from getting too hot. This is probably the most important aspect of a gaming phone. <br><br>The Razer Phone 2 and ROG use a vapor chamber cooling system to maximize the area to dissipate heat. The result is that there's not a specific part of the phone that feels hot to the touch. The ROG also uses a built-in cooling pad and copper heat sink to combat the heat. And if that weren't enough, there's also a tiny fan that attaches to the back of the ROG that Asus calls the AeroActive Cooler. <br><br>The Shark uses a liquid cooling system. As it gets hotter, special liquid evaporates into gas and collects into cooler areas of the chamber, eventually becoming liquid again. The Red Magic Mars uses a vapor heat sink too, along with four air intakes to keep things cool. <br><br>As expected, all four phones got warm when I played games, but these cooling systems are all about longevity. I found the ROG with its fan accessory and the Red Magic Mars were the most comfortable to hold for long periods of gameplay. <br><br>Which gaming phone is the fastest?<br>Each phone has performance enhancement tweaks that keep the phone fast and sustain that speed during extended gameplay. All four phones perform pretty close to each other and all four were plenty fast. But on paper, the Razer ultimately has the edge in gaming performance over the other phones. <br><br>3DMark Slingshot Unlimited<br>Black Shark 61,252 Razer Phone 2 63,253 Red Magic Mars 61,010 Asus ROG 62,751 Note:<br>Longer bars indicate better performance 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited<br>Black Shark 6,499 Razer Phone 2 6,526 Red Magic Mars 6,616 Asus ROG 6,438 Note:<br>Longer bars indicate better performance Geekbench v.4.0 single-core<br>Black Shark 2,393 Razer Phone 2 2,417 Red Magic Mars 2,385 Asus ROG 2,556 Note:<br>Longer bars indicate better performance Geekbench v.4.0 multicore<br>Black Shark 8,371 Razer Phone 2 8,905 Red Magic Mars 8,132 Asus ROG 8,445 Note:<br>Longer bars indicate better performance High refresh rate display <br>Pretty much all phones have screens that refresh 60 frames per second (fps). The Razer Phone 2 has a refresh rate of 120 fps, which leads to sharper images and text as well as smoother animations. There aren't a ton of mobile games designed for 120 fps, but the ones that were looked wonderful. And even games designed for lower refresh rates looked good. <br><br>The only other phone with a high refresh rate is the ROG, which has a 90 Hz refresh rate. Like on the Razer, things are sharper and animations are smoother. The Razer Phone 2 has a much brighter display while the ROG's OLED display had better colors that were more vibrant. <br><br>The Red Magic Mars' screen is the weakest part of the phone. It's dim and feels lower quality when viewed next to the other phones. <br><br>OS: Android 9 Pie and Android 8.1 Oreo<br><br>Black Shark: Android 8.1 Oreo. It's not known exactly when Android 9 Pie will be available.<br><br>Razer: Android 9 Pie.<br><br>Red Magic Mars: Android 9 Pie.<br><br>ROG: Android 8.1 Oreo: Asus announced it will upgrade to Android 9 Pie sometime this year.